- Proci
Proci (Μνηστῆρες) were the suitors of
Penelope in the "Odyssey ", all of whom were killed byOdysseus ,Telemachus his son, and his two loyal servants,Eumaeus andPhiloetius when the first-listed returned toIthaca . The suitors were slain alongside the disloyal Ithacan servants, but their heraldMedon and their bardPhemius were spared at Telemachus's request.The suitors' leaders are Antinous and
Eurymachus . Others include*
Agelaus .
*Amphimedon .
*Amphinomus , the only good-hearted suitor, who defends Odysseus and Telemachus in the presence the others. Odysseus urges him in disguise to escape before the undisguised Odysseus "returns" and kills them all, but Amphinous ignores this plea and is killed by Telemachus.
*Ctesippus , who abuses Odysseus when he is disguised as a beggar, throwing an ox-hoof at him. He is killed by Philoetius.
*Demoptolemus .
*Elatus .
*Eurynomos .
*Euryades .
*Eurydamas .
*Leocritus .
*Leodes , the seer.
*Peisander .
*Polybus .Location
The 108 suitors' homelands and numbers are
*52 from
Dulichium (with six valets)
*24 from Same
*20 fromZakynthos
*12 fromIthaca (with two servants)
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